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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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